The US Geological Survey confirmed that a small earthquake, 2.9 magnitude, was recorded near Lake in the Hills this evening. The quake occurred just after 6:00pm tonight in southern McHenry county. Lake in the Hills is about 40 miles to the south east from the Rockford area. There haven't been reports of any damage, but there are reports of some people feeling light shaking, and hearing rumbles in Rockford. While earthquakes in Illinois aren't common they do happen from time to time. In the past 100 years there have been at least 20 earthquakes in varying magnitudes. The USGS haven't noted a cause, but normally when there is an earthquake east of the Rockies, it's due to faulting in the bedrock miles deep.Did anyone hear or feel the earthquake this evening?
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